Planet of the Apes (comic book)

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Planet of the Apes comics are tie-ins to the Planet of the Apes universe. They have been released by several publishers over the years:

Gold Key Comics (an adaptation of the second film);
Marvel Comics (29 issues with graphic novel adaptations of all the films, plus several ongoing original storylines);
Power Records (adaptations of four of the films, included with Book-and-Record sets);
Adventure Comics (more original storylines, set after the time of Caesar);
Brown-Watson Books (a trio of UK-published hardcover comic annuals based on the TV series);
Dark Horse Comics (a short-lived sequel title to the Tim Burton film);
and Mr. Comics (a miniseries, Revolution on the Planet of the Apes, with more slated for future release -- the next planned title is Empire on the Planet of the Apes).

In addition, an Argentine company published seven Spanish-language Apes comics in the 1970s, featuring original tales about the TV series characters. Also, a Hungarian company published a comic adaptation of Pierre Boulle's original novel, Monkey Planet. To date, the Spanish and Hungarian stories have never been published in English.

The Dark Horse series was written by Ian Edginton and published by Dark Horse. Information on the other series will be available here soon.

[edit] Publications

The comics have been collected together as graphic novels:

Planet of the Apes (with Ian Edginton, for Dark Horse):
- Human Wars (with Pencils: Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar; Inks: Juan Vlasco, Norman Lee, Christopher Ivy, 2001)
- The Ongoing Saga Volume 1: Old Gods (with Pencils: Adrian Sibar, Paco Medina; Inks: Norman Lee, Juan Vlasco, 2001-2002, Titan Books ISBN 1-84023-429-6)
- The Ongoing Saga Volume 2: Blood Lines (with Co-writer: Dan Abnett; Pencils: Sanford Greene, Pop Mhan, Paco Medina, Adrian Sibar; Inks: Norman Lee, Pop Mhan, Juan Vlasco, 2001-2002)

[edit] See also

List of comics based on films

[edit] External links

Planet of the Apes Yahoo Group -- The internet's largest community of PLANET OF THE APES fans.
The Hasslein Curve--A Timeline of the Planet of the Apes -- A massive timeline of all events from the films, TV series, cartoons, novels, comics and other tales.*Dark Horse individual pages:
- Human Wars
- Old Gods
- Blood Lines
Titan's Old Gods
Hunter's Planet of the Apes Archive Extensive fan site with information on all original films and series, scripts, 1970's era comics and other relevant material.